Component 1
A Study of Religion
2 hours100 marks33⅓%
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- Spec A120QS
- 35 topics
- 198 subtopics
Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies A120QS
Christianity: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsChristianity
Christianity: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeChristianity
Christianity: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtChristianity
Christianity: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityChristianity
Islam: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsIslam
Islam: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeIslam
Islam: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtIslam
Islam: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsJudaism
Judaism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeJudaism
Judaism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtJudaism
Judaism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityJudaism
Buddhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsBuddhism
Buddhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtBuddhism
Buddhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityBuddhism
Hinduism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsHinduism
Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeHinduism
Topic overviewBrahman and atman: monism, dualism and the Vedanta schoolsThe Trimurti, cyclical time, Vaishnavism and ShaivismKarma, samsara and the goal of mokshaVarnashramadharma: the four varnas and four ashramasThe status of the Dalits: Gandhi, Ambedkar and afterAhimsa from Jain roots to Gandhi's satyagraha
Hinduism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtHinduism
Hinduism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityHinduism
Sikhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsSikhism
Topic overviewGuru Nanak's background and the influences on his teachingGuru Nanak's revelation, teachings and the community at KartarpurGuru Gobind Singh and the founding of the KhalsaThe Guru Granth Sahib as living GuruThe Mul Mantar and the Japji SahibGuru Arjan and the empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Sikhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeSikhism
Sikhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtSikhism
Topic overviewKhalistan, persecution and the politics of the PunjabEquality of men and women in SikhismSikh attitudes to other faiths and interfaith dialogueSikhism, science and secularisationOrigins and development of the Sikh community in BritainMiri and piri, the kirpan and defending the oppressed
Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentitySikhism
Arguments for the Existence of God: Inductive
Arguments for the Existence of God: Deductive
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
Religious Belief as a Product of the Human Mind
Religious Experience
Topic overviewVisions and religious conversionMysticism, Teresa of Avila and the stages of prayerWilliam James's four marks and Otto's numinousChallenges to the authenticity of religious experienceThe value of religious experience for the individual and the communityDefining miracles and the Hume–Swinburne debate
Religious Language
Ethical Thought
Deontological Ethics
Topic overviewAquinas's four levels of law and the primary preceptsVirtues, goods and the moral act in AquinasNatural law applied: abortion and voluntary euthanasiaFinnis, the basic goods and practical reasonablenessHoose and the proportionalist debateFinnis and proportionalism applied: immigration and capital punishment
Teleological Ethics
Topic overviewFletcher's rejection of legalism and antinomianismThe working principles and the six propositionsSituation ethics applied: homosexual and polyamorous relationshipsBentham, utility and the hedonic calculusMill: higher pleasures, the harm principle and rulesUtilitarianism applied: animal experimentation and nuclear deterrence
Determinism
What Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies covers
Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies (specification A120QS) is three written papers of two hours and 100 marks each, a third of the qualification apiece. Component 1 is an in-depth study of one religion chosen from six, examined in four themes; Component 2 is Philosophy of Religion; Component 3 is Religion and Ethics. This guide carries all six religions, so whichever your centre teaches is here in full — pick your religion on the topics screen and the other five drop out of everything you study.
WJEC Eduqas Level 3 Advanced GCE in Religious Studies A120QS, version 6, January 2025. Teaching from 2016, first award 2018. The route code names the religion: A120PA Christianity, PB Islam, PC Judaism, PD Buddhism, PE Hinduism, PF Sikhism. Read the WJEC Eduqas specification ↗
How it is assessed
Component 2
Philosophy of Religion
- Arguments for the Existence of God: Inductive
- Arguments for the Existence of God: Deductive
- The Problem of Evil and Suffering
- Religious Belief as a Product of the Human Mind
- Religious Experience
- Religious Language
2 hours100 marks33⅓%
Component 3
Religion and Ethics
- Ethical Thought
- Deontological Ethics
- Teleological Ethics
- Determinism
- Free Will
2 hours100 marks33⅓%
The full specification
35 topics, 198 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.
01Christianity: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsChristianity6 subtopicsOpen topic
02Christianity: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeChristianity6 subtopicsOpen topic
03Christianity: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtChristianity6 subtopicsOpen topic
04Christianity: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityChristianity6 subtopicsOpen topic
05Islam: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsIslam6 subtopicsOpen topic
06Islam: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeIslam6 subtopicsOpen topic
07Islam: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtIslam6 subtopicsOpen topic
08Islam: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityIslam6 subtopicsOpen topic
09Judaism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsJudaism6 subtopicsOpen topic
10Judaism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeJudaism6 subtopicsOpen topic
11Judaism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtJudaism6 subtopicsOpen topic
12Judaism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityJudaism6 subtopicsOpen topic
13Buddhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsBuddhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
14Buddhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeBuddhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
15Buddhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtBuddhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
16Buddhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityBuddhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
17Hinduism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsHinduism6 subtopicsOpen topic
18Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeHinduism6 subtopicsOpen topic
19Hinduism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtHinduism6 subtopicsOpen topic
20Hinduism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityHinduism6 subtopicsOpen topic
21Sikhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsSikhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
22Sikhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeSikhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
23Sikhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtSikhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
24Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentitySikhism6 subtopicsOpen topic
25Arguments for the Existence of God: Inductive4 subtopicsOpen topic
26Arguments for the Existence of God: Deductive4 subtopicsOpen topic
27The Problem of Evil and Suffering4 subtopicsOpen topic
28Religious Belief as a Product of the Human Mind4 subtopicsOpen topic
29Religious Experience6 subtopicsOpen topic
- Visions and religious conversion
- Mysticism, Teresa of Avila and the stages of prayer
- William James's four marks and Otto's numinous
- Challenges to the authenticity of religious experience
- The value of religious experience for the individual and the community
- Defining miracles and the Hume–Swinburne debate
30Religious Language6 subtopicsOpen topic
31Ethical Thought6 subtopicsOpen topic
32Deontological Ethics6 subtopicsOpen topic
- Aquinas's four levels of law and the primary precepts
- Virtues, goods and the moral act in Aquinas
- Natural law applied: abortion and voluntary euthanasia
- Finnis, the basic goods and practical reasonableness
- Hoose and the proportionalist debate
- Finnis and proportionalism applied: immigration and capital punishment
33Teleological Ethics6 subtopicsOpen topic
- Fletcher's rejection of legalism and antinomianism
- The working principles and the six propositions
- Situation ethics applied: homosexual and polyamorous relationships
- Bentham, utility and the hedonic calculus
- Mill: higher pleasures, the harm principle and rules
- Utilitarianism applied: animal experimentation and nuclear deterrence
34Determinism4 subtopicsOpen topic
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